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THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



[June, 



1.500 Varieties Rare and Beautiful Flower Seeds. 



500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Seeds. 



500 Varieties Seed Potatoes. 



Flowering Plants for the Parlor and Garden. 



Small Fruits, all the leading varieties. 



Selected Seeds of all the leading and improved 

 varieties of Root and Fornge Crops for Field Cult- 

 ure, consisting of Carrots, Mangel VVurzcl, and 

 Sugar Beets, Corn, Turnips, Huta Baga, Grass 

 Seeds, etc. Fertilizers, Garden Tools, and other 

 Requisites for the Farm and Garden. 



A complete descriptive and priced list of the above, 

 with directions for culture, will he found in 



Established 1846. 



150 Pages. Over 300 Illustrations, and a 

 Beautifully Colored Plate of Carnations. Mailed 

 for two three-cent stamps, to cover postage. 



BLISS'S ILLUSTRATED POTATO CATA- 

 LOGUE, -10 pages. A valuable treatise on the Potato, 

 and descriptive list of all the principal varieties grown. 

 P. ofusely illustrated. Price, 10 cents. 



HOT! 



"Yes, sir; the hottest day for ten years." The 

 speaker owned a thermometer and kept a record of 

 the temperature, both .summer and winter. Try it 

 for yourself one year, and you will never regret it. 

 We otter reliabU thermometers from 50 cents up, 

 according to size and finish. Look at our prices ! 



Each. 



Thermometer, 7-inch Tin Case 80 40 



8 " " .45 



12 " " 60 



Round Knds. !i ineh JUai-lc Walnut. .75 

 " Square " 8 " " " 70 

 " 10 " " " . .80 

 Flange Dairy, 7-inch 40 



" 10 " .60 

 At these prices, the Thermometer will be sent by 

 express, charges to he paid by purchaser. If to be 

 sent by mad, 25 n uts for each must he added to the 

 above prices. 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 

 34 Barclay Stre et, N. Y. 



PICKLE SEED 



OF SUPERIOR QUALITY. 



All theleading varieties pure and true to name, raised 

 by the most experienced pickle-growers in t lie country. 



Pkt. Oz. klb. Lb. 

 Green Prolific, 10c. 20c. 40c. $ 1.545 



Green Cluster, 5 10 30 1.00 



Improved White Spine, 10 15 30 1.00 

 Boston Pickling, 5 15 40 1.25 



Early Frame, 5 10 25 .85 



Extra Long White Spine, 10 15 30 1.00 



If to be sent by mail in quantities of 4 ounces and 

 upward, postage must be added at the rate of 16 cents 

 per pound. 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 



34 Barclay Street, New- York. 



BLISS'S 



Extra Early Lima Bean, 



Ten to fourteen days earlier than 

 any other variety. 



This desirable variety w as Hi st introduced by us in 

 1H78, and has since been thoroughly tested in all parts 

 of the country, and has proved to be ten to fourteen 

 days earlier than the ordinary variety,— grown along- 

 side of them,— and fully equal in productiveness and 

 quality. For this reason it can be strongly recom- 

 mended for cultivation in the Northern States, where 

 the old variety cannot be grown. 



ij pint packets, 15 cents, pint, 55 cents; quart, 

 11.00 ; by mail, post-paid. 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 



34 Barclay Street, New- York. 



Rev. HENRY WARD BEECHER 



SAYS OF 



DR. TOWNSEND'S REMEDY 



FOR 



Hay Fever, Asthma, and Catarrh: 



dred.' 



Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1882. 

 ' I am happy to say thai \ our remedy has served me 

 a second season fully as well as the .ast year." 



Pamphlets, with Mr. Beechei \s full letters and other 

 testimonials, furnished on application. 



PREPARED ONLY UY 

 DR. M. M. TOWNSEND, Frostburg, Md. 



Price, 50 cents and $1.50 per bottle. 

 For sale by CHARLES DENNIN, First Place and 

 i •ourt street, Brooklyn, N. Y., and by the drug trade 

 generally. 



BOSS 



9 PATENT GOLD 



WATCH CASES 



Economy 1 Strength I Dura- 

 bility I ELEGANT DESIGNS I 

 GUARANTEED for 20 Yean 1 



IT PAYS! 



to sell our Rubber PrintingStamps. 

 Samples free. 



M. MITTEN & Co. Cleveland, 0. 



WASH. MtJGGIES. Whitmans 



Fountain Pump. used | 

 Send for large ID. 

 ustrated Clreu- 

 ilftr.J.A. Whitman,., 

 ' PROvrnKNCE, R. I 



8H0RTHAK 



Harry Angcll, 354 4th 

 Avenue. New York City. 



AND NOT 

 WEAR OUT. 



sold: 



ANY FOOL 



i enough to carry an umbrella when it rains, but 

 it'sa wise man that cat l ies it when the sun shines." So 

 said a Philadelphia gentleman who was caught in the 

 rain in the White Mountains. Any person can be 

 wise— weather wise— who has a Pool's Signal Service 

 Barometer to consult, as it predicts the weather for 

 twenty-four hours in advance. We will send you one 

 by mail, post-paid, to any address in the U. S. on 

 receipt of 85 cents. Bv 'express, purchaser to pay 

 charges, 60 cents each, $3.00 for six. 

 B. K. BLISS & SONS, 34 Barclay St., N. Y. 



HAMMOND'S SLUG SHOT, 



ll^igfeAN INSECTICIDE AND FERTILIZER 



Ready for use and safe. 



GUARANTEED TO DESTROY 

 Potato Bugs, Chinch Bugs, Rose Bugs, Slugs, 



Aphis, Lice, "Worms, Caterpillars, and the Striped Bug upon Melons, 

 Cucumbers, Squash and all insects injurious to Grape Vines, Cab- 

 bage, Tobacco, Cotton, or Egg Plants, Currants, Fruit or Orna- 

 mental Trees, Rose Bushes, and all Shrubs, Greenhouse, 

 and Hardy Flowering Plants. 



SLUG .SHOT was prepared at first solely to destroy the Potato Bug in gardens, but its valuable properties for the destruction of all kinds of insects, caterpillars, 

 and other vermin, have induced the inventors to manufacture it on a large scale, bv which it is ottered at a reduced price (as cheap or cheaper than Paris Green), and 

 always of uniform strength, and ready for immediate use without the trouble of mixing. 



SLUG SHOT contains, in minutest quantity, POISON! destructive to all insect life, which is most thoroughly diffused through natural and chemical fertilizers, 

 and kills the bug in all stages ot its growth. The insect eats it in the minutest quantity, and then appears to become paralyzed, often dying on the leaf without falling 

 to the ground. 



It is an impalpable powder, and does not harm vegetation ; on the other hand, it is a manure. Dust it on the. plants plentifully, either by hand or with a dusting-tin. 

 You can easily make a duster by taking an old fruit can, perforating the bottom, and nailing the can to a stick. 



QUANTITY TO AN ACRE. 



When plants are small, about 20 pounds, are needed ; or, take a handful and throw it over each hill, covering the leaves. It does no harm to plants, but, on the 

 contrary, in\ lgorates them greatly. 



The color and odor of SLUG SHOT prevents it in any way being mistaken or used for wrong purposes, and its composition is such that it is out of the question 

 for a human being or quadruped to lake enough to do any harm. Mr. Hammond, the originator, and Ids men hare worked days and weeks in it without any ill effects 

 whatever. 



Pamphlets, giving a full description, with directions for use and certificates from those who have used it for the various purposes for which it is recommended, 



i packed in barrels for the trade. 



•dered "in bulk'thaii'it is iii packages.' ' priccsViu packages, 5 lbs. 30 cents; 10 lbs 50 cents; 15 lbs. 75 cents ; in barrels 

 it be sent by mail. 



SLUG SHOT is in strong, neat packages, properly labeled, weighing respectively 5, 10, and 15 pounds each. These packages 

 The barrels will hold from '200 to 215 pounds net. Kacb barrel has a large poster and 100 circulars. 



The price is a half cent less per p - 

 in bulk, 4te cents per pound. Slug SI 



Prices to the trade given upon . 



Manufactured by B. HAMMOND & CO. Mt. Kisco Paint Works, Mt Kisco, N. Y. 



B. K. BLISS & SOUSTS, Wholesale Agents, New-York City. 



